Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging guidelines: instrumentation, acquisition, processing, and interpretation

S Dorbala, K Ananthasubramaniam… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
The purpose of this document is to update the “ASNC Imaging Guidelines for Nuclear
Cardiology Procedures: Single photon-emission computed tomography” 1 in several areas …

Radiation safety and accidental radiation exposures in nuclear medicine

M Marengo, CJ Martin, S Rubow, T Sera… - Seminars in Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Medical radiation accidents and unintended events may lead to accidental or unintended
medical exposure of patients and exposure of staff or the public. Most unintended exposures …

Single photon-emission computed tomography

TA Holly, BG Abbott, M Al-Mallah, DA Calnon… - 2010 - Elsevier
The current document is an update of an earlier version of single photon emission
tomography (SPECT) guidelines that was developed by the American Society of Nuclear …

Multicenter clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of correction for photon attenuation and scatter in SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging

RC Hendel, DS Berman, SJ Cullom, W Follansbee… - Circulation, 1999 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Soft tissue attenuation is a prominent cause of single-photon emission
computed tomography (SPECT) imaging artifacts, which may result in reduced diagnostic …

Clinical validation of SPECT attenuation correction using x-ray computed tomography–derived attenuation maps: multicenter clinical trial with angiographic correlation

Y Masood, YH Liu, G DePuey, R Taillefer… - Journal of nuclear …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Nonuniform attenuation artifacts cause suboptimal specificity of stress
single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion images. In …

Contemporary cardiac SPECT imaging—innovations and best practices: an information statement from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

BG Abbott, JA Case, S Dorbala… - Circulation …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) performed using Single Photon Emission Computed
Tomography (SPECT) remains the most common procedure in nuclear cardiology, owing to …

Prognostic value of dipyridamole stress perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance in elderly patients> 75 years with suspected coronary artery disease

T Pezel, F Sanguineti, M Kinnel… - European Heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims There are only very few data on the prognostic value of stress cardiovascular magnetic
resonance (CMR) in elderly people, while life expectancy of the general population is …

Combined supine and prone quantitative myocardial perfusion SPECT: method development and clinical validation in patients with no known coronary artery disease

H Nishina, PJ Slomka, A Abidov, S Yoda… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
Acquisition in the prone position has been demonstrated to improve the specificity of visually
analyzed myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) for detecting coronary artery disease (CAD) …

Hybrid imaging (SPECT/CT and PET/CT)—improving the diagnostic accuracy of functional/metabolic and anatomic imaging

E Even-Sapir, Z Keidar, R Bar-Shalom - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
In-line combined systems, single-photon emission computed tomography
(SPECT)/computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT, allow an …

SPECT analysis of cardiac perfusion changes after whole-breast/chest wall radiation therapy with or without active breathing coordinator: results of a randomized …

R Zellars, PE Bravo, E Tryggestad, K Hopfer… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose Cardiac muscle perfusion, as determined by single-photon emission computed
tomography (SPECT), decreases after breast and/or chest wall (BCW) irradiation. The active …